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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Monday that she has chosen Anne Kirkpatrick, a former chief of police in Spokane, Washington, and Oakland, California, to head the New Orleans Police Department. The nomination is subject to the approval of the City Council. Kirkpatrick would replace Shaun Ferguson, who retired from the job last year. The post has been held on an interim basis by Michelle Woodfork, a longtime veteran of the New Orleans department, who had also applied for the job. Kirkpatrick would head a police department that has been operating under a broad reform agreement with the U.S. Justice Department since 2013.
Anne Kirkpatrick, if approved, would be the permanent replacement for Shaun Ferguson, who retired from the job last year. The post has been held on an interim basis by Michelle Woodfork, a longtime veteran of the New Orleans department, who had also applied for the job.
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Anne Kirkpatrick, a police veteran who served as chief of police in Spokane and Oakland, has been nominated to replace former New Orleans Police Chief Shaun Ferguson.